Galley-slave Synonyms

A laborer who is obliged to do menial work
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. drudge
  2. peon
  3. navvy

Galley-slave Sentence Examples

  • He had been taken prisoner by Dragut, who made him row for a year as a galley slave till ransomed.

  • After spending some time as a Genoese galley-slave, he turned corsair and became the terror of the Mediterranean coasts.

  • Don't have enough time for 212 minutes of Ben-Hur but want a taste of galley slave life and a good old-fashioned blood 'n guts chariot race?

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